Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.758 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.838 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.08 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.298 AU gives an orbital period of 1.48 yr, or about 540 days.
The high eccentricity (0.416) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.
A steep inclination of 25.6° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 40.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 16.8 km/s at aphelion.
Because q < 1 AU and Q > 1 AU, this orbit geometrically intersects the region of Earth's orbit.
Size and surface
No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 20.81 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.24 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 100 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6479 arcseconds.
Condition code U = 0 means the orbit is very well determined, leaving only a small uncertainty in the future ephemeris.
About these computed values
Orbital periods, perihelion and aphelion speeds, and diameter estimates on this page are computed by SpaceAtlas from the JPL SBDB orbital elements. They are derived quantities, not values copied from the source catalogue.
Orbital Parameters
Orbit diagram
The Sun sits at the focus (orange). Earth's orbit is the grey circle at 1 AU. The red dot marks the object's position at the catalog epoch.
3D orbit (interactive)
Drag to rotate; scroll or pinch to zoom. The Sun is at the focus (orange), Earth's orbit is the grey ring at 1 AU, and the red dot marks the object's current position.
Close approaches
Predicted close approaches to Earth, from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).
| Date (UTC) | Miss distance | Velocity |
|---|---|---|
| 2038-Aug-08 06:04 | 0.407312 AU 60933078 km |
26.32 km/s |
| 2041-Jul-30 09:51 | 0.198907 AU 29756074 km |
20.24 km/s |
| 2044-Jul-25 02:33 | 0.181649 AU 27174247 km |
15.46 km/s |
| 2047-May-07 04:10 | 0.458017 AU 68518295 km |
10.91 km/s |
| 2047-Jul-29 19:37 | 0.368224 AU 55085575 km |
13.37 km/s |
| 2050-Feb-24 17:05 | 0.293369 AU 43887314 km |
14.39 km/s |
| 2053-Feb-05 05:20 | 0.051004 AU 7630073 km |
17.44 km/s |
| 2056-Jan-24 08:57 | 0.204211 AU 30549570 km |
22.64 km/s |
| 2059-Jan-12 11:02 | 0.444227 AU 66455442 km |
28.87 km/s |
| 2075-Aug-08 17:14 | 0.409697 AU 61289863 km |
26.40 km/s |
| 2078-Jul-31 04:33 | 0.208049 AU 31123714 km |
20.55 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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